Nodge's Gen 1 '99 CR 250

atank · Post by **atank** » July 23rd, 2008, 4:41 pm

Hows your build going?

Nodge · Post by **Nodge** » March 6th, 2009, 4:20 pm

Thread back from the dead!
Better late than never?

Almost done final assembly.
Have to mount the exhaust, and finish mounting the plastics.

Also didnt realize until last week that an '85 runs a different front sprocket than '86 up.

Post by **AlisoBob** » March 6th, 2009, 6:24 pm

Nodge wrote: Also didnt realize until last week that an '85 runs a different front sprocket than '86 up.

Yea.... course spline...

I'm glad your back on track.... Post up some photos of the progress!

http://www.youtube.com/user/500bigbore · Post by **Roostius_Maximus** » March 7th, 2009, 6:24 am

Dude...

Nodge · Post by **Nodge** » March 8th, 2009, 2:15 pm

Roostius_Maximus wrote:Dude...

I figured for 12 bucks a piece, this was much easier.

Nodge · Post by **Nodge** » March 10th, 2009, 3:22 pm

I am calling this build finished!

First off, thanks to Danny, and Shanman for the advice and conversion kit.
Also thanks to everybody before me who has built one of these!

I took it out of the kitchen today and out into the cold Canadian air.
(its about -15 F today for you non metric folks to the south)

The first thing I have to say is that it is not a good idea to try and start a 1985 CR500
with a shaved head and Cr250 kicker while wearing skateboard shoes in the winter.
After about 10 kicks, I had enough of that, and went back inside to put on one of my riding boots.
3 kicks later it was ALIVE!

In the next 30 seconds, a foot peg rattled off (no cotter pin),
and I discovered my kill switch didn't work. (loose connection)
I took it for a ride up and down the steet a couple times,
and back out to the garage to retorque everything.

So far all I can find wrong is that my fuel petcock leaks,
but only when turned on.

Anybody thinking of doing a gen 1 should not hesitate.
These bikes go together almost like factory.

Here are the finished pics.
I didn't put on all the decals that came with the kit,
but I may add a couple more. I think it looks good as it is.

Hellbear · Post by **Hellbear** » March 10th, 2009, 3:24 pm

Very nice Nodge.

Exnav · Post by **Exnav** » March 10th, 2009, 3:26 pm

Welcome to the Gen1 club

Good Job

sabreguy · Post by **sabreguy** » March 10th, 2009, 5:46 pm

Sweet

FAST98CR5 · Post by **FAST98CR5** » March 15th, 2009, 11:52 am

Did you use the 250 or the 500 clutch cable,lever setup ??

Nodge · Post by **Nodge** » March 16th, 2009, 2:10 am

FAST98CR5 wrote:Did you use the 250 or the 500 clutch cable,lever setup ??

I think they are the same.
I used the cable from my 250.

FAST98CR5 · Post by **FAST98CR5** » March 16th, 2009, 1:55 pm

Thanks..

Nodge · Post by **Nodge** » October 15th, 2019, 7:25 am

So this is actually the 99 that I started building so many years ago. The skull bike was a 97 that I built with most of the stock parts from this 99.

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Nodge · Post by **Nodge** » October 15th, 2019, 7:28 am

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Kuma · Post by **Kuma** » October 15th, 2019, 12:22 pm

The pipe looks wild, lots of welding, is the front tire going to clear on full bump?

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